(Trinidad Guardian) The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre has recorded 27 aftershocks following Saturday night’s earthquake northwest of Trinidad, which caused shaking from St Vincent to Suriname.
(Trinidad Guardian) A delegation of Indian businessmen is in the country to pursue opportunities in T&T’s manufacturing, health, digital, agriculture and tourism sectors.
(Trinidad Express) Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) team has submitted its report to the Health Ministry following its investigation of newborn deaths at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH).
(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after the People’s National Movement (PNM) announced it would begin accepting nominations for the 2025 General Elections, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the party is ready to contest any polls and is confident they will beat their rivals.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Minister of Energy and Energy Industries on Friday described Indian industrialist Naveen Jindal, who has expressed interest in the oil refinery at Pointe-a-Pierre, as a “very successful businessman” even though the billionaire is currently before an Indian court on corruption allegations.
(Trinidad Guardian) Cumuto/Manzanilla Dr Rai Ragbir shocked the Parliament yesterday, after breaking United National Congress ranks and voting with the Government on the Whistleblower Protection Bill.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former commissioner of police Gary Griffith was the subject of debate in the House of Representatives yesterday, as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley told the House that a former CoP had stormed out of a polygraph test saying that he did not like the questions.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first death due to dengue in five years, Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police officers held a Venezuelan migrant for questioning in connection with the murder of 60-year-old Stephen Sookhan, mere hours after the incident occurred.
(Trinidad Guardian) Exactly one week after Tobago confirmed another oil leak at the Gulfstream barge wreckage site at Cove, there has been a third spill.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday he was “totally unaware” that billionaire Indian industrialist Naveen Jindal is currently before the courts in India fighting corruption allegations.
(Trinidad Guardian) A massive leak that led to flooding on three floors of the new Ministry of Health building in Port-of-Spain, yesterday caused a major disruption in its operations and forced the evacuation of employees.
(Trinidad Guardian) The containment of the remaining 11,000 barrels of bunker fuel inside the Gulfstream barge at Cove has resumed following last week’s weather challenges and major oil leak.
(Trinidad Express) The North Central Regional Health Authority’s (NCRHA) Cardiology Primary Care Clinic (CPCC) has brought access to specialist heart care services to communities across the country, which were previously exclusive to hospitals.
…attacks by gangs ‘well coordinated using lookouts’
(Trinidad Express) Criminal gangs operating in hotspot areas in the country have started monitoring police patrols before carrying out illegal activities.
(Trinidad Guardian) Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Star Team has soundly beaten the Rushton Paray-led United Patriots in the United National Congress (UNC) internal elections.